DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 09/03 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 85.0 - - 88.7 - - 90.7 - - 81.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 23 - - 92 - - 8 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 706 - - 2129 - - 4209 - - 50 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 922 - - 1748 - - 923 - - 923 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1595 - - 3018 - - 5098 - - 939 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 744 - - 4140 - - 5476 - - 1967 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 128 - - 259 - - 212 - - 21 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 7 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 6 - - 12 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 243 - - 240 - - 230 - - 147 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 2 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - 0 - - 6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2068 - - -1501 - - 404 - - -975 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3663 - - 4519 - - 4695 - - 1914 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5442 - - -3489 - - -1411 - - -4524 ODpotential blCL - - - 7037 - - 6507 - - 6509 - - 5463 blCL maxRH - - - 87 - - 75 - - 82 - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - 2350 - - 2630 - - 3340 - - 3520 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 85.0 - - 88.7 - - 90.7 - - 81.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 71.8 - - 71.7 - - 72.9 - - 75.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 85.0 - - 88.1 - - 90.8 - - 82.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 70.7 - - 70.4 - - 71.5 - - 75.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 23 - - 92 - - 8 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 706 - - 2129 - - 4209 - - 50 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 49 - - 0 - - 28 - - 5 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 20 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99120 12 158 7 164 3 252 9 060 99120 91633 9 119 9 152 11 172 4 249 91633 85876 7 081 6 168 8 161 5 159 85876 81103 10 047 7 158 3 188 4 086 81103 76988 6 049 8 125 4 171 4 347 76988 73356 6 039 8 079 6 134 3 308 73356 70075 2 017 5 034 4 096 4 267 70075 67070 3 143 4 290 6 016 2 161 67070 64294 2 177 9 235 8 284 7 313 64294 61621 6 289 9 256 12 248 21 277 61621 58855 12 266 18 264 18 257 25 251 58855 56001 28 276 21 260 26 270 25 269 56001 53293 41 264 32 266 39 264 35 266 53293 50873 46 262 46 264 50 258 49 262 50873 48702 54 270 57 265 60 260 60 263 48702 46720 61 276 67 266 69 265 67 266 46720 44892 68 277 73 268 73 268 72 268 44892 43192 69 273 74 270 76 270 76 269 43192 41599 68 271 72 271 77 272 73 268 41599 40106 67 272 67 271 72 270 65 268 40106 38706 65 276 62 275 65 266 64 266 38706 37354 61 278 57 272 61 265 64 263 37354 35975 56 276 54 266 56 262 61 264 35975 34538 52 271 51 258 53 262 56 267 34538 33049 49 263 49 253 50 263 52 269 33049 31492 48 258 46 254 49 261 47 267 31492 29858 45 261 42 259 45 261 41 263 29858 28145 41 273 38 259 42 262 41 269 28145 26354 34 277 34 258 39 265 40 278 26354 24484 31 271 33 262 36 270 35 274 24484 22536 33 265 36 269 33 272 31 271 22536 20512 30 259 32 270 30 266 29 269 20512 18405 22 270 27 264 25 259 28 277 18405 16257 15 275 23 259 20 272 27 291 16257 14185 15 266 15 250 14 256 22 298 14185 12299 14 250 15 227 14 236 20 295 12299 10623 12 240 19 217 19 243 22 266 10623 9138 15 236 19 226 19 241 26 250 9138 7815 17 245 15 230 18 238 24 249 7815 6634 18 250 14 237 18 242 19 251 6634 5585 16 253 17 246 17*241 18 251 5585 4657 17 257 20 242 15*237 16 244 4657 3838 19 256 18 241 13 230 14 227 3838 3104 20 255 12*240 12 230 14 206 3104 2455 21 251 7*239 12 229 13 182 2455 1914 20*248 7 239 11 229 12 165 1914 1498 15*244 6 241 11 228 11 157 1498 1212 13 243 6 242 10 227 9 152 1212 1038 11 243 5 241 9 227 7*148 1038 939 9 242 5 241 7 226 5*147 939 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography